PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yip Man Iii (ranked 1717 p4p, 3270 weight class) and The Royal Savage (ranked 173 p4p, 300 weight class). Yip Man Iii has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Man Iii
vs
Savage

182 cm
35
165
24 - 14 - 2

175 cm
39
162
25 - 22 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Yip Man Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, The Royal Savage!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Man Iii.
Man Iii scores with a jab.
Man Iii scores with the left hand. Savage knows he should have avoided that one.
Man Iii slips a jab from Savage.
Savage throws a looping overhand right but Man Iii ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Man Iii wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Man Iii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Savage.
Man Iii lands a jab to the head.
Savage throws a hook to the side of Man Iii's head but Man Iii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Man Iii looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Man Iii paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Man Iii jabs Savage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Savage lands a nice shot that snaps Man Iii's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man Iii scoring well with a low kick there.
Man Iii scores with a jab. Savage acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Man Iii bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Savage slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Man Iii bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Man Iii connects with a body shot.
Man Iii stuns Savage with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good leg kick by Man Iii.
A slow jab from Savage misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Man Iii.
Man Iii is looking to counter punch.
A punch lands to the side of Savage 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man Iii.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man Iii. That's going to slow Savage down.
Man Iii listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Man Iii with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice defenses there by Man Iii.
Man Iii throws a quick inside leg kick.
Savage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Man Iii wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Savage with a jab.
Savage throws a lazy right hand but Man Iii sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Savage throws an overhand right that lands on Man Iii's shoulder, as Man Iii tries to avoid the shot.
Savage moves into range and connects with a jab.
Man Iii connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Man Iii is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Savage on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Man Iii is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Savage walks into a left hand.
Man Iii fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Savage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Man Iii.
Savage loads up on a big right hand but Man Iii slips the punch.
Man Iii uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Savage.
Man Iii lands a leg kick that knocks Savage off balance momentarily.
Man Iii getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Man Iii scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Man Iii throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man Iii lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Man Iii fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Savage has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Savage throws a lazy right hand but Man Iii sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Savage gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Savage scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Man Iii digs a good hook to Savage's body.
Man Iii dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Man Iii lands with a good body shot.
Man Iii with a hook.
Man Iii jabs Savage right on the nose. Savage blinks but takes it well.
Man Iii walks into a straight right hand from Savage.
Savage takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decent striking displayed by Man Iii there.
Savage thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Savage misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Man Iii.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man Iii connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Man Iii cracks Savage with a good jab.
Savage on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Savage throws a jab but it's blocked by Man Iii.
Man Iii lands with a thumping leg kick.
Man Iii is looking to slow Savage down with leg kicks.
Man Iii bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Savage's head.
Savage's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Man Iii blocks a jab.
Man Iii uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Savage.
Man Iii with a nice calf kick.
Yip Man Iii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man Iii bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Savage's head.
A big right from Savage misses.
Savage throws a jab but it's blocked by Man Iii.
Man Iii tests Savage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savage missing with a left hand there. Man Iii was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Man Iii lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good leg kick by Man Iii.
Savage has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Man Iii finds it's way round the side to connect with Savage's head.
Savage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Man Iii with a nice calf kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Man Iii's head backwards.

It looks like Yip Man Iii has been cut.
Man Iii ducks under a wild hook from Savage.
Savage has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Savage misses with a hook. Man Iii ducked under it nicely.
Man Iii scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice leg kick from Man Iii, right into the meat of the thigh.
Savage might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Savage throws the left hand but Man Iii avoids the punch easily.
Man Iii fires out a quick counter leg kick but Savage just manages to avoid it.
Man Iii connects with a crisp jab.
Savage is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Man Iii slips a jab from Savage.
Savage walks forward, straight into a front kick from Man Iii.
Savage takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Savage throws out a loose jab but Man Iii uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man Iii ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Man Iii swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Man Iii connects with an inside leg kick.
Man Iii fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man Iii lands an overhand right.
Man Iii lands with an uppercut that bounces Savage off the cage and back into range.
Man Iii slips a straight right by Savage.
Good leg kick by Man Iii.
Savage throws a hook but Man Iii avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yip Man Iii dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yip Man Iii's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Man Iii tests Savage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Savage moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A lazy left from Man Iii finds it's target.
Man Iii cracks Savage with a good jab.
Savage misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from Man Iii.
Man Iii lands a body shot.
Man Iii lands a glancing blow to the side of Savage's head.
Man Iii with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Man Iii bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Savage's head.
Nice cross by Man Iii.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good shot there by Man Iii.
Savage throws a big shot that misses.
Savage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Savage backs away, Man Iii returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Man Iii.
Man Iii lands a lovely overhand right.
Man Iii lands a jab to the head.
Man Iii lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Man Iii moves away from the strike by Savage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Savage there as he acknowledges the shot.
Savage misses with an uppercut. Man Iii saw that one coming.
Savage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Man Iii uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Savage.
Man Iii slips under a jab from Savage.
Savage on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Savage looks to throw the jab but Man Iii is out of range.
Man Iii throws a nice outside leg kick.
Man Iii throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Man Iii cracks Savage with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Savage has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Man Iii finds it's way round the side to connect with Savage's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Savage misses the target.
Man Iii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Savage.
Man Iii digs a good body shot into Savage's ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Savage misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick lands from Man Iii.
Man Iii feints and then cracks Savage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Savage down.
Man Iii jabs Savage right on the nose. Savage blinks but takes it well.
Savage misses with a hook. Man Iii ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Savage misses.
Savage throws the left hand but Man Iii avoids the punch easily.
Savage moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Savage on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Man Iii changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Man Iii turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Man Iii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Savage throws an overhand right that lands on Man Iii's shoulder, as Man Iii tries to avoid the shot.
Man Iii is looking to slow Savage down with leg kicks.
Man Iii lands with a cross.
Man Iii with a hook.
Savage looks to land a left hand but Man Iii moved out of range nicely.
Man Iii bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Savage's head backwards.
Good exchange - Man Iii coming out on top.
Man Iii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savage.
Savage misses with a straight left.
Savage takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Savage takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Man Iii tenderised Savage's leg. Savage is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man Iii connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yip Man Iii is winning the standup battle so far.
Man Iii lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Savage connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Savage takes one on the button.
Man Iii scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Man Iii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Man Iii lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Man Iii defending well as Savage loads up on a big left hand.
Savage throws a hook but Man Iii avoids it easily.
Savage throws the left hand but Man Iii avoids the punch easily.
Man Iii with a jab.
Savage misses the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Man Iii misses the target.
Man Iii comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man Iii throws a nice inside leg kick.
Savage throws a jab when Man Iii was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Man Iii misses the target.
Savage takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Savage takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Savage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Man Iii.
Man Iii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Savage can do to turn this around?
Man Iii lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man Iii cracks Savage with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Savage on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Man Iii lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Savage takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Man Iii dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Savage. That did some damage!
Savage misses the jab.
Savage throws a lazy right hand but Man Iii sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man Iii lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Savage throws a looping overhand right but Man Iii ducks down to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Man Iii.
Decent striking displayed by Man Iii there.
Man Iii cracks Savage with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Savage takes one on the button.
Man Iii dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man Iii connects with a good right hand that stumbles Savage. Savage circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Man Iii.
Man Iii tried to counter with a leg kick but Savage avoided it.
Savage moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Man Iii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yip Man Iii dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yip Man Iii's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Man Iii wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yip Man Iii is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man Iii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Man Iii scoring well with a low kick there.
Savage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Man Iii looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Man Iii scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Savage doesn't seem bothered though.
Man Iii connects with a crisp jab.
Man Iii lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Man Iii lands a head shot.
Savage throws a hook but Man Iii avoids it easily.
Man Iii with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Savage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savage misses with a looping left.
Savage walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Man Iii moves out of range of the strikes.
Savage throws a looping overhand right but Man Iii ducks down to avoid it.
Savage throws a looping overhand right but Man Iii ducks down to avoid it.
Savage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Man Iii moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man Iii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A good leg kick by Man Iii.
Savage looks to land a left hand but Man Iii moved out of range nicely.
Savage doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Savage takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Savage misses with a looping left.
Man Iii throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Man Iii lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Man Iii bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Savage's head.
Man Iii turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Savage as he connects with a hook.
Savage tries to move into range but Man Iii moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man Iii lands with an overhand left.
Man Iii ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Savage throws a shot from downtown. Man Iii moves away and avoids it.
Savage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man Iii is looking to slow Savage down with leg kicks.
Man Iii connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Man Iii cracks Savage with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws a jab when Man Iii was well out of range.
Man Iii scores with a sloppy right hand. Savage should have avoided that one.
Savage misses with a looping right.
Savage misses with a straight left.
Savage throws a hook but Man Iii blocks it.
Man Iii moves out of range of the strikes.
Savage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Savage takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Savage lands with a cross.
Man Iii throws a front kick that sends Savage stumbling back into the cage.
Man Iii goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Savage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That kick from Man Iii tenderised Savage's leg. Savage is trying to keep his angry face on.
Savage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut there from Savage.
Savage looks to land a right hand but Man Iii moved out of range.
Man Iii moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Man Iii connects with a right hand. Savage shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Man Iii.
Savage misses with a hook.
Man Iii lands with a shot to the body.
The Royal Savage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A good leg kick by Man Iii.
Man Iii connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Man Iii throws a leg kick which misses Savage's front leg but catches the back leg as Savage tries to avoid it.
Man Iii throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Savage misses.
Savage gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Savage throws a lazy right hand but Man Iii sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man Iii scores with a nice right hand.
Man Iii lands with a right hand.
Man Iii works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage misses with a looping right.
Nice jab there from Savage.
Decent striking displayed by Man Iii there.
Nice straight punches there by Man Iii. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Man Iii.
A slow jab from Savage misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man Iii uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Savage.
Man Iii scores with a leg kick.
Man Iii is looking to slow Savage down with leg kicks.
Man Iii swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Savage.
Man Iii catches Savage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A swing and a miss from Savage.
A cross from Man Iii lands.
Savage takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Savage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Savage throws a hook but Man Iii blocks it.
Man Iii ducks under a wild hook from Savage.
Man Iii feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Man Iii connects with a jab.
Man Iii scoring well with a low kick there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man Iii slips under a jab.
Savage takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Man Iii ducks under a wild hook from Savage.
Savage has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Man Iii.
Man Iii scores with a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yip Man Iii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man Iii has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yip Man Iii!
A relieved looking Yip Man Iii thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.